I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 142

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Chapter 142
23. Sacrifice to Obtain What One Desires
Rumble—
The cave collapsed from the lightning strike, and light seeped through the cracks. The sky became visible. Rain still poured down outside.
Screech—!
And as though they had been waiting, an enormous swarm of Magical Beasts surged toward us.
I thought destroying the Magical Beast Mother Body would end everything, but perhaps it merely halts their evolution?
Archbishop Luzef, who had sealed the Magical Beast Mother Body—the mass of vengeful spirits—had not yet awakened, so this could be the Magical Beasts’ final desperate struggle.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and Kaiden ran while carrying Diego Bastian Vilterheim and Archbishop Luzef respectively. I followed in their wake, loading a Flare as I ran.
Then I pulled the Hammer down and, turning to face the oncoming Magical Beasts, pulled the Trigger.
Whoosh—Bang!
Watching the Magical Beast that had been charging toward us burst apart, I reloaded another Ammunition. This was troubling—I was running dangerously low on Ammunition.
Eun-ji, coiled around my body, breathed Fire toward a Magical Beast that had drawn within close distance.
Whoosh—
Screech!
A couple of grotesquely-shaped Magical Beasts were knocked back. I thanked Eun-ji and ran forward again.
The firefly insects that had been helping us were nowhere to be seen. And before us stretched only an endless Clearing, offering no sign of escape.
‘Still, I hope Meg survives. A gamble of sorts? Let’s call it entertainment. Hang in there. This is Alea Island, after all.’
Alea Island.
From the beginning, animals and Magical Beasts did not fall under the domain of Alea. That was the very meaning of Alea. Gambling and fortune applied only to humans.
‘You know Magical Beasts roam this island, right?’
‘They weren’t here from the start.’
‘…What?’
‘At first, they were all ordinary lifeforms. But gradually, they began to evolve.’
‘Magical Beasts evolved?’
‘Yes.’
So that was why Jenas could not stop the Evolution of Magical Beasts. According to Jenas, Magical Beasts were mutations that arose from the Alea System itself.
If that were the case, perhaps the vengeful spirits had achieved their desires to some extent. And they had even caused the Magical Beasts to evolve. Just how much resentment must have accumulated?
‘If it’s resentment built up over a thousand years, it might be possible.’
What could be the ultimate purpose of this Experiment? Considering Kaiden’s childhood stories of experiments, this did not seem to be an Experiment planned solely by Jenas and Anata.
The purpose likely was not for Jenas’s personal gain either.
While thinking such thoughts, I loaded another Flare. Then I lowered the Hammer and pulled the Trigger, firing at the Magical Beasts drawing near.
Boom—!
“Damn it, I can’t see the path.”
Kaiden spoke with urgency in his voice. Massive boulders fell from above as the cave continued to collapse.
Screech!
We were ultimately surrounded by Magical Beasts. No matter where they came from, no matter how many we killed, there seemed to be no end.
“Margaret, be careful.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, carrying Diego Bastian Vilterheim on his shoulder, pushed me behind his back as he spoke. The situation was dire.
I checked my remaining Ammunition. Perhaps about fifteen shots left.
“Margaret, get behind me.”
Enoch set Diego down on the ground, drew his long sword, and strode into the throng of magical beasts. Kaiden likewise lowered Archbishop Luzef to the floor before unsheathing his dagger.
“Guard this position.”
He too wielded his dagger against the magical beasts.
Eun-ji, who had descended around my waist, stood sentinel before Archbishop Luzef and Diego, breathing fire whenever a magical beast drew near.
I held the flare, providing cover for Enoch and Kaiden as I waited for the monster extermination to conclude. Yet the beasts poured in relentlessly, with no end in sight.
As exhaustion began to overwhelm me, my strength waning with each passing moment—
Screeeee—
A sound from above made me lift my gaze. A flying magical beast descended through the collapsing ceiling—a massive bat-like creature plummeting toward us.
‘Damn it, this feels ominous…’
I pulled the trigger on my flare, striking the bat hurtling toward me. The problem was that there wasn’t just one.
As expected, they seized my waist.
“Damn it…!”
I saw Eun-ji startle and hesitate to breathe fire, afraid of injuring me. In an instant, the ground receded far below.
How many times must I say this? Is it a sin to possess Magic Power? Why do these magical beasts favor me so?
“Margaret!”
Both men rushed toward me in alarm, but I was already beyond their reach, ascending rapidly into the air.
And then—
Whoosh! Thud!
An arrowhead from nowhere struck the body of the bat that had seized me.
“Ahhh!”
As I plummeted with eyes squeezed shut, someone mercifully caught me.
“Oof. Lady Flone, it has been quite some time. Your greetings remain as spectacular as ever, I see. What a welcome for my arrival.”
Hearing his lighthearted laughter, I regained my senses.
That voice was not unfamiliar. It belonged to a man I had long forgotten.
The one who had caught my falling form was none other than the Prince of Asdal.
“Your Highness the Hardtack Prince?”
At my dazed murmur, the Prince of Asdal laughed brightly once more.
“You appear quite unharmed, Young Lady. I suspected as much.”
I descended from his embrace with an awkward expression.
The Prince of Asdal wore cargo pants and a black hoodie. The attire clashed entirely with his refined image as a crown prince, yet his handsome features made him carry it off with considerable charm.
I recalled someone mentioning supplies nearby; it seemed the Prince of Asdal had found them.
“Margaret!”
A woman burst forth from behind the Prince of Asdal and embraced me eagerly. It was Yuanna Lucy.
Like the Prince of Asdal, she wore a techno-style jumpsuit.
“You’re safe! Thank goodness. I knew you would be.”
Yuanna Lucy grasped both my cheeks and scrutinized my complexion carefully as she murmured.
But since when had she begun calling me Margaret?
“Margaret!”
“Are you alright?!”
In the distance, I heard the voices of Enoch and Kaiden. Surrounded by Magical Beasts, they couldn’t approach us while protecting Diego Bastian Vilterheim and Archbishop Luzef.
Yuanna Lucy, who had been watching them casually, broke into a smile.
“There’s a way out. But first, I need to bring those two over here.”
With those words, Yuanna Lucy pulled an axe from the backpack she was carrying.
‘…Wait? An axe?’
Yuanna Lucy seemed like a completely different person.
There had always been questionable aspects to her, but she had always maintained a step back—now she was more proactive than anyone else.
She turned to the Prince of Asdal and cautioned him.
“Our prince is injured, so please stay here. I’ll go and come back. Just provide cover with the crossbow.”
Injured? Now that I thought about it, the Prince of Asdal’s body was covered in wounds. The fact that he, with his fierce pride, didn’t deny it suggested it was quite serious.
Did it get worse when he caught me as I fell earlier? Come to think of it, when he first greeted me, I think he let out something like a groan.
Feeling oddly sorry, I also asked him to provide cover from behind.
“I’ll come with you. I have a weapon too.”
I checked my remaining ammunition again, then shook the flare to show it as I spoke. Yuanna Lucy nodded with a smile.
“Let’s go.”
Swinging an axe to kill Magical Beasts proved harder than expected. It required good grip strength.
Thwack.
I watched Yuanna Lucy bring the axe down on a Magical Beast’s head and was momentarily at a loss for words. A Saint wielding an axe to kill Magical Beasts.
But there was no time for admiration. Back-to-back with Yuanna Lucy, I spun half around and pulled the trigger on the flare toward the charging Magical Beast.
Boom! Bang!
Then again, as a noble lady shooting Magical Beasts with flares, I had no room to judge.
After dispatching another one, Yuanna Lucy caught her breath and spoke.
“Even without my memories, I must have thought that suppressing the Young Lady was necessary for a peaceful escape.”
What? What did that mean?
“I apologize for the service matter. Aren’t we more like excellent partners than that?”
With those words, Yuanna Lucy looked at me and smiled beautifully. Soon after, she swung the axe again, severing the torso of a centipede-like Magical Beast that came charging.
Could it be…? Does she remember what happened before the regression?
“…If you possessed such power, why did you only run away all this time?”
I ran toward Enoch and Kaiden while questioning Yuanna Lucy. She wiped the black blood of the Magical Beast that had splattered on her cheek as she answered.
“I didn’t have a weapon. I wasn’t skilled enough to kill Magical Beasts with a spear. And I didn’t know how to wield a sword.”
Thwack!
Whoosh— Boom!
The sound of Yuanna Lucy’s axe and the explosion of my flare rang out in succession. Yuanna Lucy and I paused, breathing heavily.
Enoch and Kaiden were within close distance.
“I was someone who lived a life at the bottom. There’s nothing I haven’t done. A noble Saint? That’s ridiculous.”
With those words, Yuanna Lucy pulled my hand and pushed me behind her.
A Magical Beast charged toward where I had been standing, but an arrow that flew from afar lodged itself in the beast’s head.
A direct hit.
I turned my head to see the Prince of Asdal aiming the crossbow from a distance, then he lowered it and waved at us.
I suspected that crossbow had probably been taken from somewhere like the Supply Warehouse.
“Margaret!”
Enoch, who had been nearby, rushed over and pulled us toward where the party was gathered.
Kaiden, who had been facing the Magical Beast with only his Dagger, abandoned it and ran to me, checking my complexion. Then he frowned as he looked at Yuanna.
“Wait, where did the Saint suddenly appear from?”
“Is this really the time for idle conversation?”
Yuanna answered Kaiden’s bewildered question while gasping for breath, pointing toward Diego and Archbishop Luzef.
“Both of you carry those two men and run. We’ll handle the Magical Beasts from the front and rear. Don’t say it’s dangerous. There’s no other way.”
Yuanna spoke with conviction, then pushed Enoch and Kaiden forward, forcing them to carry Diego and Archbishop Luzef on their backs.
Eun-ji approached me, quickly climbed up my torso, and rested her head on my shoulder.
I quickly took over Yuanna’s words before Enoch and Kaiden could add any further objections.
“That’s right. The Hardtack Prince—I mean, His Highness the Crown Prince is providing cover for us from over there, and we have Eun-ji too. Come on, let’s run?”
I loaded the Flare and looked at Yuanna. When our eyes met, she nodded.

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